First interview with Apunga and conversation

Conversation between Apunga (Ch1/left) and Valya (Ch2/right). There is one story or so, but her mind wandered a bit. Russian use limited mostly to dates and numbers. Plus post-video audio recording of conversation with Apunga. Profession: nurse. Has a son named Valeri, age 46 in 2013. Works in Insti...

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Other Authors: Liudmila Lil'kivi, Valentina Dedyk, Anatoly Sorokin, Alexander King
Format: Audio
Language:Russian
English
Published: Alexander King 2013
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Online Access:https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1313322%23
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Summary:Conversation between Apunga (Ch1/left) and Valya (Ch2/right). There is one story or so, but her mind wandered a bit. Russian use limited mostly to dates and numbers. Plus post-video audio recording of conversation with Apunga. Profession: nurse. Has a son named Valeri, age 46 in 2013. Works in Institute for Advanced Teacher Training, Palana. She was born in a yaranga on the tundra. Also fluent (listening, reading, some writing/speaking) in English and Japanese. Alutor level is elementary. Learned Russian as 4th language starting in grad school and extensive residence in Kamchatka (1995 5mos, 1997-98 17 months). Had very good conversational skills by summer 1997 and fluent by early 1998, at least in listening. Has thick American accent. Knows a few words of Koryak for social situation.